Music 1A: Music in Social Contexts (VS1) (U01130)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 8 ? Acronym : ACE-1-M1AV

This course is concerned with music as a social activity - a social activity that defines what it is to be human. It examines music's various roles in society and the effects of the various ways in which societies are organised on the ways in which music itself is made, heard and understood. It introduces students to the sociology and psychology of music and encourages them to think conceptually about their own musical activities. The course covers a wide range of musical practices, Western and non-Western, classical and popular, past and present, though it focuses on musical and social developments since the Industrial Revolution.

? Keywords : music history social contexts

Entry Requirements

? This course is only available to part year visiting students.

? This course is a variant of the following course : U00757

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Music, (School of Arts, Culture and Environment, Schedule A)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 1st year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
18/09/2007	15:00	15:50	Room G.22, Reid School	Central	Classes held in the Reid Concert Hall, Bristo Square.

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	15:00	15:50	Central
Lecture	Friday	15:00	15:50	Central

? Additional Class Information : Weekly lectures plus tutorials in Weeks 3,5,7,9,11.

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

- Students will have become familiar with a variety of social contexts in which music has played and plays an important role.
- The will understand the basic concepts that sociologists and psychologists bring to the study of music.
- They will have become familiar with issues in contemporary culture and in contemporary approaches to writing about music and its history.

Assessment Information

One coursework submission c.2,000 words (50%) to be submitted by 4.00pm on Friday 30 November 2007, and one further coursework submission c.2,000 words (50%) to be submitted by 4.00pm on Friday 14 December 2007.